London: Helm, 1994. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour plates, text illustrations. WAS $110. The best-ever book on this complex group and a "must" for the serious bird watcher. The 36 colour plates show the major age, sex and racial variations for all species, with colour distribution maps. Many of these birds are... More

London: Helm, 1998. Octavo, dustwrapper, 32 colour plates by Barry Croucher, Chris Shields and Kamol Komolphalin, 115 colour maps. WAS $105. The starling family contains some of the world's most successful, and some of the world's rarest, birds. A comprehensive guide to the 114 species of starlings and myna, the... More

Malanda: Frith and Frith, [2008]. Quarto, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. WAS $80. Bowerbirds are fascinating because of their unusual behaviour involving building complex structures, called bowers. Some bowers are like miniature buildings and are artistically decorated with flowers, fruits, bones, shells, feathers and much more, including numerous human artefacts... More

Malanda: Frith and Frith, [2008]. Quarto, photographs, signed by both authors. Bowerbirds are fascinating because of their unusual behaviour involving building complex structures, called bowers. Some bowers are like miniature buildings and are artistically decorated with flowers, fruits, bones, shells, feathers and much more, including numerous human artefacts. Birds even... More

London: Poyser, 1998. Octavo, dustwrapper, one colour plate, other illustrations. WAS $100. DUSTWRAPPER TEXT The nuthatches are common and widespread birds throughout the Northern Hemisphere, but only poorly studied until quite recently. Erik Matthysen's extensive studies, started in 1982, have done much to illuminate the ecology of the Eurasian species... More

London: Academic Press, 1997. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, text illustrations, maps. While good general guides to North American birds are widely available, these days careful and avid birders require the most specialised information on bird identification, especially for the more complex species groups. A Guide to the Identification and Natural... More

London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2002. Octavo, dustwrapper, illustrations. WAS $130. This book is the first comprehensive treatment of the genus Saxicola. This is a detailed identification guide of the 13 species in the genus using colour plates and photographs to illustrate the various races and plumages. The text... More